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The ship’s first voyage since…
Posted by Raven on November 6th, 2006
They’re moving the USS Intrepid today.
NEW YORK – To the sound of horns and the calling of orders, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid will slip its Hudson River moorings Nov. 6 and sail again on the morning tide.
Not off to war this time, but just five nautical miles down New York Harbor to a New Jersey dry dock, where the retired World War II vessel will spend two years undergoing what its owners call “refurbishment and restoration.” It will be the ship’s first voyage since it was saved from the scrap yard and turned into a museum in 1982.
The Intrepid’s departure will begin with pomp and ceremony, including speeches, patriotic music, a Navy flyover and a parade of “honor ships,” Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, said Thursday. On the way to dry dock, it will stop near Ground Zero to unfurl a huge American flag as a salute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
November 6th, 2006 at 10:42 am
I saw pictures on FOX this morning. that is cool
November 6th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Dumbasses!!
Apparently the Intrepid isn’t going anywhere for now. THIS could have been prevented.